After experimenting with about every kind of "three meter" antenna ever designed, we keep on returning to our old standard - the J-Pole. The following article and illustration have been shamelessly lifted from Mycal's site at http://www.mycal.net/old/projects/mpr/jpole.htm - Here's to Mycal..

There are definitely a dozen or more reasons why people build and operate pirate radio stations. These reasons range from noble to ignoble, from practical to bizarre. And if you’re reading this, you’re probably brilliant – and you have a screw loose. Who else after all would purposefully go to the (huge) bother of building and deploying a broadcast radio station under the risk of incurring a (huge) fine?